If I could make a dream video game with unlimited time, money and resources based on something we have learned in class, I would make a VR game loosely based on Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales. I would set the game in Medieval England in the 14th century as the story is set, and attempt to model the scenery after the architecture from the time, and set a list of characters you can begin the game as. I would sort of aim to model the game after Fable, and present the player with a series of decisions to be made that will ultimately determine the overall outcome of their gaming experience. In this fashion, the game would be highly interactive and would allow the player to determine their own destiny by making their own decisions rather than being guided by a unilinear storyline. I would include characters such as the miller, the knight, the pardoner, the priestess, etc. The individual storylines for each character would be as close to the plot of the story as possible, with maybe a few additions to make the game a little more entertaining or possibly add some action to it. I think this game would help people learn about history while also getting to know a very famous story from Chaucer, a highly canonized author. The game would hopefully be entertaining and aesthetically pleasing as well.
-Peter McKasty